Work & commute · Waterford

Work & commute in Waterford, CA

Most working residents leave Waterford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (17%), Turlock (5%) and Ceres (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 3,803 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,646 Waterford residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterford.

3,646live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterford goes to work

Modesto13.6 mi away

17%636

Turlock11.1 mi away

5%187

Waterford (in town)right here

4%157

Ceres12.1 mi away

4%154

Oakdale9.6 mi away

3%131

Stockton38.1 mi away

3%124

Fremont65.8 mi away

2%67

San Jose62.9 mi away

2%61

Riverbank11.9 mi away

2%59

Tracy38.6 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,170

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Waterford commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

37%

12%

30%

21%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterford is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterford are

865 jobs are based in Waterford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waterford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waterford

865 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Waterford residents hold

3,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+40%

Jobs based in Waterford, 2013 → 2023: 616 → 865. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.